List_of_Hot_100_number-one_singles_of_1965_(U.S.)
These are the Billboard Hot 100 number one hits of 1965.
That year, 14 acts hit number one for the first time: Petula Clark, The Righteous Brothers, Gary Lewis & the Playboys, The Temptations, Freddie and the Dreamers, Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders, Herman's Hermits, The Four Tops, The Byrds, The Rolling Stones, Sonny & Cher, Barry McGuire, The McCoys, and The Dave Clark Five. The Beatles, The Supremes, The Byrds, Herman's Hermits and The Rolling Stones were the only acts to have more than one song reach number one that year, with The Beatles having the most with five and The Supremes next with four, and The Byrds, Herman's Hermits, and The Rolling Stones with two.
The No. 1 song of 1965, "Wooly Bully" by Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs, never reached No. 1 on the weekly charts. |
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Position | Artist | Weeks at No. 1 |
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1 | The Beatles | 12 |
2 | The Rolling Stones | 6 |
The Supremes | ||
4 | Herman's Hermits | 4 |
The Byrds | ||
6 | Sonny & Cher | 3 |
7 | Petula Clark | 2 |
The Righteous Brothers | ||
Gary Lewis & the Playboys | ||
Freddie and the Dreamers | ||
The Beach Boys | ||
Four Tops | ||
13 | The Temptations | 1 |
Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders | ||
Barry McGuire | ||
The McCoys | ||
The Dave Clark Five |
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- "Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. Vol. 77, no. 13. Nielsen Company. 1965. p. 32. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
- "Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. Vol. 77, no. 14. Nielsen Company. 1965. p. 28. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
- "Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. Vol. 77, no. 15. Nielsen Company. April 10, 1965. p. 26. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- "Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. Vol. 77, no. 17. Nielsen Company. April 24, 1965. p. 26. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- Fred Bronson's Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, 5th Edition (ISBN 0-8230-7677-6)
- Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2008, 12 Edition (ISBN 0-89820-180-2)
- Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Sixties (ISBN 0-89820-074-1)
- Additional information obtained from Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.